Channel response to extreme floods: Insights on controlling factors from six mountain rivers in northern Apennines, Italy

Geomorphology

Volumn 272, Issue , 2016, Pages 78-91

  Surian, Nicola ^a   Righini, Margherita ^a   Lucía, Ana ^b   Nardi, Laura ^c   Amponsah, William ^a,d   Benvenuti, Marco ^c   Borga, Marco ^a   Cavalli, Marco ^d   Comiti, Francesco ^b   Marchi, Lorenzo ^d   Rinaldi, Massimo ^c   Viero, Alessia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Channel widening; Lateral confinement; Sediment sources; Unit stream power

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; MOUNTAIN STREAM; PEAK DISCHARGE;

APENNINES; ITALY; MAGRA RIVER; MASSA-CARRARA; TUSCANY;

EID: 84938826898     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.02.002     Document Type: Article

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